Baby Feeding

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From the community

Recent discussions

About my 3 week old baby

Anyone’s baby constantly wanting food my lil 1 is only 3 weeks old and wanting milk every hour to 2 hours baby is on 4-6oz bottles a time

Breast feeding with formula supplements

I'm looking for some advice. My partner and I agreed while I was pregnant that our son would be breastfed. We did a course on it and he was so blown away by the benefits for me and baby that he practically insisted I do it until he turns 2, which I'm fine with. Now he's here it seems a bit different. My partner has a son from a previous relationship who was exclusively bottle fed formula and he has told me he misses being able to feed the baby. Originally we were going to do one feed a day where I pumped so he coule give a bottle but we're both so crap at routine that the pump is never sterile and there's no milk and he hasn't pushed it. A few weeks ago I had to go to a&e and we didn't know how long I'd be gone so he bought some formula incase it was needed. It wasn't in the end, I had some collected from let downs etc that was enough until I got home. We've been experiencing what seems like supply issues but could just be purple crying/cluster feeding in the evenings and he seems so keen to get a formula bottle in there and seems almost offended that I want to follow the health visitors advice of offering the breast more to up my supply rather than giving up and going to formula. I very much have a velcro baby and its too hot for us to be out of the bedroom which is the only room with air-conditioning. As soon as we are he gets sweaty and irritable and I worry about dehydration. During the day I have maybe 1 hour when he goes down for a nap in his cot and I have to really pick and chose what I do - its normally feed myself and half a load of washing before he wakes up. I'm not going to prioritise cleaning pumps and bottles when the boobs are right there. Has anyone dealt with something similar? I don't want to upset him but I also don't want to compromise on what I think is best for our son.

Baby drinking

Anyone else really struggling to get baby to drink any water? Tried all different bottles / cups and just doesn’t want it! Any tips? 😊

Refusing milk

My sweet baby boy is almost 7.5 months and has been refusing formula for the past 2 weeks. He now only drinks around 400ml/day (100ml × 4 feeds). I’ve tried mixing formula in food and different cups, but no luck.

He is getting a bit frustrated during meals times and it's not a nice experience for him 😞😞😞😞

He really enjoys solids!

Anyone has seen a pediatran about this? Any other tips how to give him formula ?

Also - If he continues refusing formula, I wonder if formula can be stopped at this age?

Bottles

How much milk are we giving our 10 month olds?
How frequently?
How many of those bottles are we giving in "cups" instead of proper baby bottles?
And what sort of schedule are you following?
Trying to get a gist of whether we are following the right sort of routine for his age!

Hey Guys I have some spare forumula free to a good home

Hey guys I have 9 tins of nutramigen LGG and one tine of Neocate formula that I don't want to waste if anyone is keen please message me and we can sort out postage or collection. I just don't want it to go to waste.

Tips for preparing a 2 year old for a new sibling?

Hiya everyone - my second is due at the end of August and I have realised I probably haven't prepared my toddler enough for what's coming!

He knows he has a baby sister on the way and she lives in mummy's tummy. We do mention her in conversation but I'm now worried we haven't prepared him enough - any tips on activities or good books that will prepare him a little better?

I'm worried it will be a huge adjustment for him :(

Many thanks! X

Baby starting nursery 1st September.

I'm going back to work in September. My little girls settling in sessions start on the 1st. Can anyone share their experiences? I'm so sad & also very worried she won't be able to settle at nursery.

Sending love to all the mummy's going through this because it is SO HARD.

Teat on bottle

Does everyone change the teat flow for bottles by age

Formula

My son is 2months old. We've been on Kendamil whole milk. But recently hes started spitting up. Its not with every bottle and hes not projectile vomiting but its enough where i feel like hes always spitting up on us. Hes also been super gassy. Ive started doing gas drops in every bottle and hes not fussy as much. His pediatrician said he may have some reflux but didnt seem super worried about it since he is gaining weight fine. Im curious if i may need to change his formula? And if so what do you recommend.

Sterilisation

I understand the NHS guide line is to sterilise everything till they 1 year old but my little one has started nursery and everything is going in her mouth so all germs and bugs are being exposed to her. Did you still sterilise when your little ones started nursery before they were 1? I’m struggling to see if there is any point at this stage 🤷🏻‍♀️🤔

Helpppppp

Those with 2 under 3, when does it actually get easier? My first is 2 months from being 3 and my youngest is 9 weeks. We had such a predictable routine with my first, and he’s always been great with his sleep and pretty much everything. I always knew I wasn’t gonna get it as easy with my second because it would be too good to be true, but minus having mega reflux, he is a good baby. In spite of this, I still feel like I’m absolutely drowning most days and often wonder if it genuinely will ever get better or if I’m always going to feel this overwhelmed …

How many oz per day?

Hi everyone,

Just wondering how many oz roughly your little ones have in a 24 hour period? I'm worried my little boy is having far too much. He has 6 x
7oz bottles - 3 during the day and 3 during the night. I've tried to settle him during the night without a bottle but no joy so far. Until a couple of weeks ago he ate very little but that's really picked up now, so I was hoping he would start to reduce his milk but it doesn't seem to be happening!

Thanks so much X

Juice

Does anyone give their LO juice? I haven’t started yet but wonder if I should or just hold off for now,

Feeding

Anyone else debating switching to formula at 4 month my daughter is EBF I have given her bottles a few times after pumping but she seems to gag on them so bottle recs would be good. She will take a good 20/25 min feed and 30 mins to an hour later she’s wanting to feed again

My son won't stop formula!

Hiya first time mom here, my son is 16 months this month and was only a special formula as he was cmpa however has done the dairy ladder and is fine with dairy now.

He will not have anything that is too cold but i have even tried warming his milk to room temperature and he will not drink it.
He used to drink coconut milk but too much makes his belly unsettled. He like almond milk but didn't like it as a steady diet. And he doesn't like soya or oat milk.

He won't drink from any bottles other then his mam ones. He drinks from new ones maybe twice so I think he is doing it and then he stops.

I'm really struggling here and he starts nursery in September, i don't know what to do anymore.

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